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A 16px bitmap font with 8288 glyphs, in monospaced and proportional cuts. Upstream draws it in bited, a BDF editor, and ships BDF directly. The 2x and 3x builds are mechanical upscales and are not catalogued here.

Variant size table

Variants	Nominal size	Han ink box	Max ink extents
kirsch	16 px	No Han glyphs	12×17
kirsch_propo	16 px	No Han glyphs	12×17

Variants

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Metrics

Nominal size	16 px
Han ink box	No Han glyphs
Cap height	9
x-height	5
Max ink extents	12×17
Ascent / Descent	12 / 4
Font bounding box	12, 17, -3, -5
Spacing	Monospaced
Advance width distribution	6px×8288

Nominal box 16×16 Max ink 12×17

Nominal size	16 px
Han ink box	No Han glyphs
Cap height	9
x-height	5
Max ink extents	12×17
Ascent / Descent	12 / 4
Font bounding box	12, 17, 0, -5
Spacing	Proportional
Advance width distribution	6px×4562 7px×597 8px×44 9px×149 10px×2 11px×32 12px×2902

Nominal box 16×16 Max ink 12×17

Character coverage

Variants

Overview

Encoded characters	8,282 / 297,264	2.79%
BMP	5,636 / 62,089	9.08%
SMP	1,156 / 28,829	4.01%
Private Use Areas (PUA) · BMP PUA	1,319 / 6,400	20.61%
Private Use Areas (PUA) · Plane 15	1,496 / 65,534	2.28%
Private Use Areas (PUA) · Plane 16	0 / 65,534	0.00%

General & international

International Ideographs Core (IICore)	0 / 9,810	0.00%
Unihan Core 2020	0 / 20,720	0.00%
Windows Glyph List 4	649 / 650	99.85%
Basic Latin	95 / 95	100%	✓ Complete
Latin-1 Supplement	95 / 96	98.96%
Latin Extended-A	128 / 128	100%	✓ Complete
Latin Extended-B	208 / 208	100%	✓ Complete
Cyrillic Everyday Characters	97 / 97	100%	✓ Complete
Greek Everyday Characters	72 / 72	100%	✓ Complete
Arabic Everyday Characters	0 / 92	0.00%
Thai Everyday Characters	0 / 87	0.00%
Vietnamese Latin	186 / 186	100%	✓ Complete
IBM Code Page 437	255 / 255	100%	✓ Complete
Box Drawing	128 / 128	100%	✓ Complete
Block Elements	32 / 32	100%	✓ Complete
Powerline Symbols	22 / 41	53.66%
Braille Patterns	256 / 256	100%	✓ Complete

CJK character map

CJK unified ideographs Unicode 17 0 / 101,996

Selected CJK, without duplicates 0 / 26,7270%

Taiwan · Common Traditional Han0 / 11,151 0%

Mainland China · General Simplified Han0 / 8,105 0%

Japan · JIS X 0208 Level 10 / 2,965 0%

Korea · KS X 1001 unified Han0 / 4,620 0%

Traditional Han ∩ Simplified Han0 / 4,899

Japanese kana 0 / 579 0% Hiragana 0 / 86
Katakana 0 / 90

Hangul syllables 0 / 11,172 0% KS X 1001 syllables 0 / 2,350
Hangul Jamo, with extensions 0 / 451

Bopomofo 0 / 75 0%

Schematic overlaps; areas are not proportional to character counts.

Explore the counts & definitions

The selected CJK total combines the four Han tables, Japanese kana, Hangul syllables and Bopomofo, counting each code point once. Jamo and compatibility Han are listed separately. Kana include historical and extended characters, so this total is not a list of everyday characters.

“Simp Trad Shared” counts Unicode code points shared by the Simplified and Traditional Han reference sets. Shared code points can still have different regional glyph shapes, for example through OpenType locl; coverage does not imply identical glyphs.

Unicode 17. Counts use exact code points, with no variant-form or compatibility normalization. The Han map includes the 12 unified ideographs in the compatibility block; other compatibility ideographs are listed separately. “Only” means absent from the other three reference sets.

Taiwan: the 4,808 common and 6,343 less-common character tables. Mainland China: the 8,105 standard characters in three levels. Japan: the 2,965 JIS X 0208 Level 1 kanji. Korea: the unified Han subset of KS X 1001. Kana, Jamo and Bopomofo use assigned Unicode block characters, including extensions; halfwidth kana are included separately in the kana total.

Shared & unique characters
Shared & unique characters	Covered / total
Traditional Han ∩ Simplified Han	0 / 4,8990%
Japanese Kanji ∩ Traditional Han	0 / 2,4950%
Japanese Kanji ∩ Simplified Han	0 / 1,9040%
Korean Han ∩ Traditional Han	0 / 4,2940%
Korean Han ∩ Simplified Han	0 / 2,7990%
Traditional Han ∩ Simplified Han ∩ Japanese Kanji	0 / 1,7710%
Traditional Han ∩ Simplified Han ∩ Korean Han	0 / 2,7330%
Traditional Han ∩ Simplified Han ∩ Japanese Kanji ∩ Korean Han	0 / 1,6980%
Traditional Han ∪ Simplified Han	0 / 14,3570%
Traditional Han ∪ Simplified Han ∪ Japanese Kanji	0 / 14,6940%
Traditional Han ∪ Simplified Han ∪ Korean Han	0 / 14,6170%
Traditional Han ∪ Simplified Han ∪ Japanese Kanji ∪ Korean Han	0 / 14,9010%
Traditional Han only	0 / 4,6380%
Simplified Han only	0 / 3,0280%
Japanese Kanji only	0 / 2840%
Korean Han only	0 / 2070%

Reference tables: Unicode 17 · FontPixel

CJK character totals

CJK unified ideographs	0 / 101,996	0.00%
Selected CJK, without duplicates	0 / 26,727	0.00%

Simplified Chinese · National standards

GB/T 2312 Hanzi	0 / 6,763	0.00%
GB/T 2312 Level 1 Hanzi	0 / 3,755	0.00%
GB/T 2312 Level 2 Hanzi	0 / 3,008	0.00%
GBK Hanzi	0 / 20,923	0.00%
GB/T 12345 Traditional Hanzi	0 / 6,866	0.00%
GB 18030-2022 Implementation Level 3	0 / 88,115	0.00%
GB 18030-2022 Implementation Level 2	0 / 27,780	0.00%
GB 18030-2022 Implementation Level 1	0 / 27,584	0.00%

Simplified Chinese · Language standards

Table of General Standard Chinese Characters	0 / 8,105	0.00%
General Standard Chinese Characters Level 1	0 / 3,500	0.00%
General Standard Chinese Characters Level 2	0 / 3,000	0.00%
General Standard Chinese Characters Level 3	0 / 1,605	0.00%
List of Frequently Used Characters in Modern Chinese	0 / 3,500	0.00%
Frequently Used Characters in Modern Chinese (2500)	0 / 2,500	0.00%
Less Frequently Used Characters in Modern Chinese (1000)	0 / 1,000	0.00%
List of Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese	0 / 7,000	0.00%
Compulsory Education Chinese Character List	0 / 3,500	0.00%
Standard Glyph Forms for Ancient Book Printing	0 / 14,250	0.00%
Kangxi Radicals	0 / 214	0.00%
CJK Radicals Supplement	0 / 115	0.00%
Hanyi Simplified & Traditional Set	0 / 9,169	0.00%
FounderType Simplified & Traditional Set	0 / 9,664	0.00%

Traditional Chinese · Taiwan

Taiwan common and less-common Han (total)	0 / 11,151	0.00%
Standard Forms of Common National Characters	0 / 4,808	0.00%
Standard Forms of Less-Common National Characters	0 / 6,343	0.00%
Big5 All Hanzi	0 / 13,053	0.00%
Big5 Frequently Used Hanzi	0 / 5,401	0.00%
Big5 Less Frequently Used Hanzi	0 / 7,652	0.00%
Bopomofo	0 / 75	0.00%

Traditional Chinese · Hong Kong

List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters	0 / 4,762	0.00%
Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set Hanzi	0 / 4,603	0.00%
Hong Kong Supplementary Characters in Common Use	0 / 1,102	0.00%

Japanese

JIS X 0208 Non-Kanji	231 / 524	44.08%
JIS X 0208 Level 1 Kanji	0 / 2,965	0.00%
JIS X 0208 Level 2 Kanji	0 / 3,390	0.00%
JIS X 0213 Level 3 Kanji	0 / 1,260	0.00%
JIS X 0213 Level 4 Kanji	0 / 2,397	0.00%
Joyo Kanji	0 / 2,136	0.00%
Kyoiku Kanji	0 / 1,026	0.00%
Jinmeiyo Kanji	0 / 864	0.00%
Japanese kana	0 / 579	0.00%
Hiragana	0 / 86	0.00%
Katakana	0 / 90	0.00%
Additional kana characters	0 / 13	0.00%
Kana extensions	0 / 327	0.00%
Halfwidth Katakana	0 / 63	0.00%
JIS X 0201	95 / 158	60.13%

Korean

Hangul Syllables (All Modern)	0 / 11,172	0.00%
KS X 1001 Hangul Syllables	0 / 2,350	0.00%
KS X 1001 Han (total)	0 / 4,888	0.00%
KS X 1001 unified Han	0 / 4,620	0.00%
KS X 1001 compatibility Han	0 / 268	0.00%
KS X 1001 Symbols	408 / 987	41.34%
Hangul Jamo, with extensions	0 / 451	0.00%
Hangul Compatibility Jamo	0 / 94	0.00%
Hangul Jamo · base block	0 / 256	0.00%
Hangul Jamo extensions A and B	0 / 101	0.00%

Unicode blocks(53)

Basic Latin	95 / 128	74.22%
Latin-1 Supplement	95 / 128	74.22%
Latin Extended-A	128 / 128	100%
Latin Extended-B	208 / 208	100%
IPA Extensions	96 / 96	100%
Spacing Modifier Letters	80 / 80	100%
Combining Diacritical Marks	28 / 112	25.00%
Greek and Coptic	135 / 134	100.75%
Cyrillic	256 / 256	100%
Cyrillic Supplement	48 / 48	100%
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics	2 / 640	0.31%
Phonetic Extensions	127 / 128	99.22%
Phonetic Extensions Supplement	64 / 64	100%
Latin Extended Additional	256 / 256	100%
Greek Extended	233 / 230	101.30%
General Punctuation	71 / 111	63.96%
Superscripts and Subscripts	42 / 42	100%
Currency Symbols	33 / 34	97.06%
Letterlike Symbols	80 / 80	100%
Number Forms	60 / 60	100%
Arrows	112 / 112	100%
Mathematical Operators	256 / 256	100%
Miscellaneous Technical	167 / 256	65.23%
Control Pictures	39 / 42	92.86%
Enclosed Alphanumerics	52 / 160	32.50%
Box Drawing	128 / 128	100%
Block Elements	32 / 32	100%
Geometric Shapes	96 / 96	100%
Miscellaneous Symbols	171 / 256	66.80%
Dingbats	124 / 192	64.58%
Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A	48 / 48	100%
Supplemental Arrows-A	16 / 16	100%
Braille Patterns	256 / 256	100%
Supplemental Arrows-B	128 / 128	100%
Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B	128 / 128	100%
Supplemental Mathematical Operators	57 / 256	22.27%
Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows	123 / 254	48.43%
Latin Extended-C	32 / 32	100%
Supplemental Punctuation	10 / 94	10.64%
CJK Symbols and Punctuation	2 / 64	3.13%
Modifier Tone Letters	1 / 32	3.13%
Latin Extended-D	193 / 204	94.61%
Latin Extended-E	1 / 60	1.67%
Private Use Area	1,319 / 6,400	20.61%
Alphabetic Presentation Forms	7 / 57	12.28%
Small Form Variants	1 / 26	3.85%
Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement	313 / 695	45.04%
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols	559 / 993	56.29%
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs	24 / 768	3.13%
Supplemental Arrows-C	9 / 171	5.26%
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs	1 / 256	0.39%
Symbols for Legacy Computing	250 / 250	100%
Supplementary Private Use Area-A	1,496 / 65,534	2.28%

Glyph overview

Use arrow keys to select a glyph, Enter to inspect it, and Escape to return to the grid.

Downloads

kirsch	BDF 116.5 KB PCF 132.6 KB
kirsch_propo	BDF 116.7 KB PCF 133.5 KB
Full family BDF ZIP	kirsch.zip 252.4 KB
Bitmap TTF	kirsch.ttf 402.1 KB
Vector TTF (square)	kirsch-16px-square.ttf 781.2 KB
Vector TTF (round)	kirsch-16px-round.ttf 1.89 MB
Web font (square)	kirsch-16px-square.woff2 138.3 KB
Web font (round)	kirsch-16px-round.woff2 117.3 KB

Files are gzip-compressed; checksums are SHA-256.

One file with every size of this font packed in as bitmap strikes, no vector outlines. Install it and each size is there to use on any system that renders bitmap strikes.

Real outline fonts that draw every lit pixel as a square or a round dot, so they work at any point size. Square keeps the bitmap exactly as drawn; round is the same bitmap read in circles. Only the largest pixel size of each face is offered as a vector font, since outlines scale freely anyway. Faces with very large glyph counts get the square version only.

Use it on a web page

woff2 built from the vector outlines. Set a font size that is a whole multiple of the design size to keep the pixel grid crisp.

@font-face {
  font-family: "kirsch";
  src: url("https://fontpixel.com/downloads/kirsch-16px-square.woff2") format("woff2");
  font-display: fallback;
}
.pixel {
  font-family: "kirsch", monospace;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "kirsch";
  src: url("https://fontpixel.com/downloads/kirsch-16px-round.woff2") format("woff2");
  font-display: fallback;
}
.pixel {
  font-family: "kirsch", monospace;
}

Author: molarmanful
Homepage: github.com/molarmanful/kirsch
Repository: molarmanful/kirsch
Glyph count: 8,288
Category: Terminal
Scripts: Latin · Latin (Western European) · Latin (Central European) · Cyrillic · Greek
Vibes: Terminal · Programming
Source type: Bitmap source · BDF

License

OFL-1.1 SIL Open Font License 1.1

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Commercial use: Yes
Modify: Yes
Embed in documents: Yes
Embed in apps: Yes
No notice required: No or not required
No copyleft: No or not required
No renaming required: Conditional

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Copyright 2024 The kirsch Project Authors (https://github.com/molarmanful/kirsch)

This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at:
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Build notes

Imported from https://github.com/molarmanful/kirsch/releases (v0.7.3)